Awards are long, rates change every July, and a one-off payroll audit can cost thousands. PayCheckup Business checks each pay run against your staff's modern award or enterprise agreement, shows the clause behind every figure, flags anything that falls short and what it would take to fix, then helps you decide where your pay should sit against the market.
Built on the same award data and the same calculations as PayCheckup, the free app Australian workers use to check their own payslips.
Answer a few plain-English questions to find the award or agreement and each role's level. Add each pay run (or, soon, upload your payroll export) and every line is checked: base rate, casual loading, weekend and public holiday penalties, overtime. Each finding names the clause it comes from, and anything that falls short comes with the amount to put right.
Before a pay review, see each role against its award ladder and against what similar workers earn across Australia, with a clear confidence level on every comparison. Choose where you want to be, say 10% above the award or the middle of the market, and see what it costs before you commit.
Already working in our own testing, or planned for launch. Every result is built on the Fair Work Commission's published award rates.
Base rates, casual loading, Saturday, Sunday and public holiday penalties, weeknight loadings, overtime and junior rates, checked against the minimum for the hours actually worked.
Each line shows the award clause it comes from, so you, your bookkeeper or an adviser can check it yourselves.
Every award is labelled by how deeply we can check it. Anything we can't work out is shown as "not checked", never as a pass.
A printable record of every check: what was paid, the award minimum, the difference, and the award version it rests on. Useful for your own records, your accountant or a Fair Work enquiry.
See each role against its award ladder and against what similar workers earn across Australia, then choose a target rate and see what it costs a year before your next pay review.
The annual wage review lands on 1 July, and awards sometimes change their levels mid-year. We already watch the Fair Work Commission daily; you'll be told when one of your roles is affected.
Add staff by their payroll code with their award and level. We never ask for names, birthdays, addresses or bank details.
Upload your payroll file instead of typing each pay run, and check the whole team at once.
Give your bookkeeper, accountant or payroll person access, read-only or with editing, without sharing your login.
Answer a few plain-English questions to find the modern award or enterprise agreement for each role, and each person's level.
Enter the shifts and what you paid, or upload your payroll export once that's ready.
Each person's pay against the award minimum, with the clause behind every figure, a clear result, and a record you can print.
Cafes, restaurants, pubs, retail stores, fast food, hair and beauty salons, cleaning, health and community services, warehouses and trades: anywhere staff are paid under a modern award or an enterprise agreement. More than 120 modern awards will be covered at launch, including:
The annual wage review lands on 1 July, and agreement rates step up on their own dates. Most underpayment starts when the rate changes and the payroll doesn't. We'll tell you when one of your roles falls behind.
Since 1 January 2025, deliberately underpaying staff can be a criminal offence. Small businesses that follow the Fair Work Ombudsman's Small Business Wage Compliance Code are protected from referral, and a dated record of your checks shows the care you took.
A payroll audit tells you where you stood on the day it was done. PayCheckup Business keeps checking, so the next rate change, new hire or longer roster doesn't quietly undo it.
Staff pay is stored in a dedicated database in Sydney, separate from our other apps, with every business's data walled off from every other.
Every account uses two-step verification. Owners decide who else can see or change pay data, and every change is logged.
Each stored check is signed by our checking service, so a result can't be quietly changed after the fact.
We're talking to a small group of Australian employers before we build. Join the list, and if you're happy to, tell us a little about your business.
We're talking to employers now and plan to open to the first businesses in early 2027, in time for the 1 July 2027 rate change. Waitlist members hear first.
We're still working that out, and your answer above helps. Our aim is a year of ongoing checks for well under the cost of one payroll audit.
No. It shows what the published award and agreement figures say about the pay you enter, and where it can't tell. For legal advice, speak to a lawyer or employer association.
Find the award or agreement for each role and each person's level, then compare every part of their pay with the published minimum for the hours they worked. PayCheckup Business does this for each pay run and shows the clause behind every figure.
Underpaid wages must be paid back, and the Fair Work Ombudsman can take enforcement action. Since 1 January 2025, intentionally underpaying staff can be a criminal offence. Small businesses that follow the Small Business Wage Compliance Code are protected from criminal referral.
More than 120 modern awards and a growing number of enterprise agreements. Each one is labelled by how deeply we can check it, so you always know what a clean result covers.
No. Keep paying staff the way you do now. PayCheckup Business checks the result, so a rate change or a missed penalty doesn't go unnoticed.
Only you and the people you invite. Staff pay is stored in Australia, and staff are added by payroll code, never by name. Any market comparison uses published figures and pooled data that can't identify a person or a business.